tom moody » Krauss: 20 Year Life for Critics
An excerpt from a larger interview quoted on Tom Moody’s blog: “Rosalind Krauss: I think most critics have about twenty years when they are out there on the barricades and have a kind of intuitive connection to new work. I no longer have an intuitive connection to very very new work, and I believe that it should be younger artists and younger critics who deal with that work.”
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You know what? I think I agree with Krauss on this one. I can already see how, at 33, I am out of sync with the general cultural styles of those a decade younger. Put two decades between us and I’m sure I’ll be scratching my head and sticking to those artists born in the 70s. The generational divide, and displeasure with it, is certainly something I come up against in my dealings with older artists too. There is that aspect of some art pieces that can speak across generations, but there are aspects that don’t. And I’m glad to see it acknowledged.
You know what? I think I agree with Krauss on this one. I can already see how, at 33, I am out of sync with the general cultural styles of those a decade younger. Put two decades between us and I’m sure I’ll be scratching my head and sticking to those artists born in the 70s. The generational divide, and displeasure with it, is certainly something I come up against in my dealings with older artists too. There is that aspect of some art pieces that can speak across generations, but there are aspects that don’t. And I’m glad to see it acknowledged.
You know what? I think I agree with Krauss on this one. I can already see how, at 33, I am out of sync with the general cultural styles of those a decade younger. Put two decades between us and I’m sure I’ll be scratching my head and sticking to those artists born in the 70s. The generational divide, and displeasure with it, is certainly something I come up against in my dealings with older artists too. There is that aspect of some art pieces that can speak across generations, but there are aspects that don’t. And I’m glad to see it acknowledged.
The idealist in me would like to think that a good art critic, no matter how old they are, can write about any work of art and have something worthwhile to say about it.
The idealist in me would like to think that a good art critic, no matter how old they are, can write about any work of art and have something worthwhile to say about it.
The idealist in me would like to think that a good art critic, no matter how old they are, can write about any work of art and have something worthwhile to say about it.
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